Shade-holder.



0. N. WELLER. SHADE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1909.

932,927, Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

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CARRIE N. WELLER, OF PINEVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SHADE-HOLDER.

holders for window casings, :and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character whereby the shade is slidably connected with the casing whereby the said shade may have its roller raised or lowered upon the said casing, so that the upper portion of the casing may be left open for the admission of light or for ventilation while the lower portion of the casing and sashes are covered by the curtain thus preventing persons upon the exterior of the house from gazing into the room where the curtain is attached.

With the above, and other objects in view which will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings there has been illustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of the invention and in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window casing showing the improved curtain holder in applied position thereon. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view upon the line 22 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section illustrating one of the curtain securing brackets. Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating the opposite curtain securing bracket. Fig. 5 is a sectional view upon the line a-a of Fig. 4.. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the curtain securing brackets detached. Fig. 7 is an enlarged transverse sectional view upon the line 77 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the guides for the curtain securing brackets. Fig. 9 is a front elevation of one of the operating rods. Fig. 10 is a sectional view upon the line a:zc of Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the rod holding bracket.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates an ordinary window casing and 2 and 3 the upper and lower sashes slidably connected therewith. Secured upon the vertical stiles or moldings of the casing 1 adjacent the upper portion thereof is a pair of bracket guide members 1. These Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 22, 1909.

Serial No. 473,741.

guide members 4 each comprisean element constructed of a single piece of metal provided with a central elongated slot 5 and being provided with offsets 6 upon each end adjacent the said slot 5. The offset 6 of the upper portion of each of the members is provided with a right angular extension arranged in. parallel relation with the main body of theguide and this extension is provided with a suitable opening 7 adapted for the reception of a retaining element, such as a screw by which the guide is attached to the casing. The lower ofiset portion 6 of the guides 5 is also provided with a depending portion arranged in parallel relation with the body of the said guide, and this portion is bent at substantially a right angle to provide the foot 8. This foot has its extremity provided with an opening which is adapted for the reception of an operating rod 9.

The numerals 10 and 11 designate the curtain securing bracket members of the device. The members are each provided with an elongated body portion 12 adapted to be positioned between the body of the guide and the face of the casing and are each provided with right angularly disposed members 13 adapted to extend through the slots 5 of the guides. These members 13 are pro vided with the usual openings for the reception of the projecting pintles of the curtain roller.

The operating rod 9 extending through the opening of the foot of the guide has its upper extremity provided with an offset or head 14:, adapted to engage the under face of the projection 13 of each of the bracket members 10 and 11, and the rod 9 is also provided with a slidable collar 15 adapted to be retained in a desired position u on the rod 9 through the medium of a thum screw 16 and whereby the length of the opening between the top of the casing and the cur-- tain 17 may be easily regulated.

The operating rods 9 have their lower extremities provided with ofiset portions 18 and the casing is also provided with rod holding brackets 19. These brackets 19 comprise each a plate 20 having suitable openings 21 adapted for the reception of securing elements whereby" the said plate is attached to the casing, and the casing is also provided with angularly arranged offset members 22 and 23. The member 22 is provided with a suitable opening 24 through Patented Aug. 31, 1909.

which the rod 9 is adapted to work and the ottset member 23 is adapted to serve as a rest for the ofiset 18 of the rod when the same has been pushed upwardly to close the opening between the upper member of the casing and the curtain 17. It is of course to be understood that in operating the device both of the ofl'sets or handles 18 are to be manipulated simultaneously so that the pressure upon the brackets 10 and 11 will be equal and the sagging or binding of the parts entirely obviated.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

The combination with a window casing, of offset guide members having vertically arranged openings or slot-s upon the Vertical stiles of the casing, bracket members comprising elongated bodies provided with offset curtain engaging members for the guides,the said guides having their lower portions provided with ofiset feet having openings,operating rods provided with enlarged heads engaging the openings of the feet and contacting the offset members of the curtain securing brackets, sliding collars upon the rods adapted to limit the downward movement thereof, threaded elements for securing the collars upon the rods, holding brackets upon the casing, said brackets each being provided with angularly disposed offsets, one of said oflisets being provided with an opening adapted for the reception of the rod, the rods being each provided at their extremities with otfset portions adapted to be engaged and retained upon the offset of the bracket opposite to that engaged by the rod.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CARRIE N. WELLER. Witnesses C. F. \Voons, W. W. POINTS. 

